Analysis of the data collected on annual Clinical Commissioning Group budgets for palliative care services
| Analysis of budget for specialist palliative care provision | |
|---|---|
| Total number of CCGs who provided usable data | 146 |
| Average budget for specialist palliative care services | £150 107 |
| Minimum total budget | £138 000 |
| Maximum total budget | £7 767 518 |
| Analysis of specialist palliative care budget per patient with palliative care needs | |
| Average CCG budget per patient | £763.02 |
| Minimum budget per patient | £51.83 |
| 1st quartile of budget per patient | £467.52 |
| Median budget per patient | £737.71 |
| 3rd quartile of budget per patient | £984.75 |
| Maximum budget per patient | £2329.19 |
| Range of budget per patient | £2277.36 |
| IQR of budget per patient | £517.23 |
| Analysis of budget for other palliative care and end-of-life services | |
| Total number of CCGs who provided usable data | 103 |
| Average CCG budget for specialist palliative care | £1703,253.19 |
| Minimum total budget | £50 000 |
| Maximum total budget | £8 930 000 |
| Analysis of other palliative care and end-of-life services budget per patient with palliative care needs | |
| Average CCG budget per patient | £897.25 |
| Minimum budget per patient | £38.22 |
| 1st quartile of budget per patient | £224.08 |
| Median budget per patient | £635.87 |
| 3rd quartile of budget per patient | £1184.77 |
| Maximum budget per patient | £6229.86 |
| Range of budget per patient | £6191.65 |
| IQR of budget per patient | £960.68 |
In all three questionnaires, CCGs were asked to provide their annual budget for specialist palliative care services and their annual budget for other palliative care and end-of-life services for the financial year 2015–2016. All ‘budget per patient’ data are calculated using our population estimate of 0.75% of population, where ‘patient’ refers to a person with palliative care needs in the CCG population. ‘Usable data’ refers to a quantitative figure provided by the CCG which could be analysed using descriptive statistics, and did not represent the budget of more than one CCG area.